Fellini Doesn’t Want to Leave the ‘City of Women’
The master incorporates every auto-critique in his exuberantly maestro-batory self-analysis.
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You Still Haven’t Seen ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’?
This beautiful film explores women's issues and relationships with depth and lightness, and nods to high art and popular art.
10 Great Films Available to Stream This June
We’ve selected ten quality films for summer coming this month to some of the most popular film streaming sites.
Jodie Foster’s First Great Performance: ‘The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane’
Why has this low-budget Canadian-French production flown under the radar?
From Hungary to Hollywood: “The Undesirable”
At just over an hour, a lot happens in this broadly gestured, melodramatic story set in Transylvania.
In ‘We Are the Night’ Even Lesbian Vampire Love Is Untenable in a Man’s World
Vampiro-lesbo-culture is shown to be titillating yet untenable in this male-made movie that proves even men can’t make a bad lesbian vampire movie.
More Paluzzi Please: ‘A Black Veil for Lisa’ Fears Its Greatest Asset
How to veil a goddess and dampen the picture.
Shaggy Dog-Days Tales in ‘Arabian Nights’
Arabian Nights is Miguel Gomes' portrait of contemporary Portugal, refracted through escapist fantasy.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘High-Rise’
High-Rise may not reach the heights it aspires to, but the chaos of trying to get there makes for a good time.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Lovers and the Despot’
An unbelievable story anchors The Lovers and the Despot, but a reluctance to frame it in an insightful way cripples it.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’
Taut, brutal, and atmospheric, The Blackcoat's Daughter is a bold but slightly derivative effort from debut director Osgood Perkins.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Anthropologist’
Spry and crisp, The Anthropologist is a solid documentary that avoids bearing the weight of the austere pessimism surrounding climate change.